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India Plans Its Own Moon Shot

Posted by timothy on from the save-me-some-cheese dept.

anzha writes: "CNN is reporting that India is planning an unmanned mission to Luna in 2007. The US, Russia (when it was the USSR), and Japan are the only nations to have done so, or so they say. For some reason, I thought that ESA, the European Space Agency, had sent one also. At any rate, while I'd like to see the Stars and Stripes posted all over the galaxy, more competition is better! So, all I have to say is, 'Go, India! Go!'" I wonder if China is still on track for 2005.

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  1. If it's anything like Indian IT work... by NineNine · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...it'll be cheaply(ie: shittily) done, stuck together with bandaids and gum, and done by a lot of people who say they know a hell of a lot more than they really do.

  2. Re:This news about India isn't that cool by neocon · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    With due respect, India has a large and growing middle class, a democratic form of government, and a growing economy which is begining to bring improvements at all levels of society.

    Why don't you check your facts next time before posting?

  3. "Paki" moon shot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Next Pakistan will compete with the Indians.
    Their "moon shot" will a geostationary satellite in the shape of a giant pair of naked buttocks.
    Furthermore, this will be a bovine buttocks that are blasphemous to the Hindus!